Charles Leclerc believes that the pit cool in the pit lane when the first pit stop at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was approaching was a bluff to get Red Bull to pit in the top Sergio Perez. Denied.
Charles Leclerc was able to keep up with Sergio Perez, who started from the pole position and kept the position, and was able to close enough distance to threaten the undercut.
On lap 15, Charles Leclerc was given the message “Box to overtake”, and a Ferrari crew appeared in the pit lane, suggesting that Ferrari could undercut.
Red Bull responded to Ferrari’s move by letting Sergio Perez jump into the pits, but Charles Leclerc stayed out.
Only a few seconds later, with the intervention of the safety car, Sergio Perez’s pit stop was sacrificed about 10 seconds compared to when Charles r. Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz pitted on lap 16.
Given that Ferrari’s tactics seemed to be successful, the question was whether the crew’s appearance in the pits was a bluff to get Sergio Perez into the pits.
However, Charles Leclerc denied such a proposal at a post-race press conference.
“No, no. We were ready to pit in,” said Charles Leclerc.
“We were basically doing the opposite of the previous Czech Republic (Perez). He pitted the lap so I think we made the right choice.”
The unlucky timing of Sergio Perez meant that he would retreat to 4th place at the start of the race, and in the end Perez finished in that position.
Charles Leclerc and Ferrari may not have bluffed Red Bull, but Charles Leclerc was very pleased with the medium pace of the first stint that threatened Sergio Perez. Told.
“It wasn’t easy to follow the Czech Republic, so I think I did a great job with medium management,” explained Charles Leclerc.
“But at the end, it was actually medium and the pace was pretty good.”
Charles Leclerc finished second in the second half of the race against Max Verstappen, with teammate Carlos Sainz in third and Ferrari on the double podium.
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